Nights at Essex--Oct 1993
In the glory days of the AltaMont gathering--before the Izaak Walton Inn became expensive and gentrified--night shots were an evening ritual observed after dinner and before retiring to the basement bar to gargle a few adult beverages.
After a helper crew went off duty one of several BN engineers in attendance would park the power in an appropriate spot and we would blast several dozen old fashioned flashbulbs over the next hour or so.
This was seat of the pants night shooting, although over the years you had a pretty good idea what your exposure should be. No looking at the screen on the back of your camera. You had to get it right.
Part of the fun was opening those yellow boxes a week or two later and seeing that you had indeed nailed it.
Sadly, the days of AltaMont at the IWI are gone along with the yellow boxes and the green SD40's...
Nights at Essex--Oct 1993
In the glory days of the AltaMont gathering--before the Izaak Walton Inn became expensive and gentrified--night shots were an evening ritual observed after dinner and before retiring to the basement bar to gargle a few adult beverages.
After a helper crew went off duty one of several BN engineers in attendance would park the power in an appropriate spot and we would blast several dozen old fashioned flashbulbs over the next hour or so.
This was seat of the pants night shooting, although over the years you had a pretty good idea what your exposure should be. No looking at the screen on the back of your camera. You had to get it right.
Part of the fun was opening those yellow boxes a week or two later and seeing that you had indeed nailed it.
Sadly, the days of AltaMont at the IWI are gone along with the yellow boxes and the green SD40's...